Are you ready for the study? I am. This week we begin with chatting about this “Perfection Infection.” Jill writes,
Let’s get honest. All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, which causes us to feel insecure about being the perfect woman with the perfects kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage and perfect body….This perfection infection attacks when we compare our insides to others’ outsides.”
So here is a question for you. Where do you feel the most inadequate as a mom, woman, wife? Why?
As I look back to when I first became a mother, I remember wanting to be to do it “right.” I wanted to be everything to my daughter. I wanted to be the perfect mom with the perfect house, perfect body, perfect husband and when I imagined mothering; it didn’t include sleepless nights, spit up on shirts, leaking breasts, muffin tops, crumbs on the floor, and being cranky towards prince charming.
When the reality of motherhood hit me, I felt as if I had failed.
But this IS part of mothering. We look at another mom who seemingly has it together and we question why we don’t. We compare families, schedules, homes, kids, and then think we must try harder, do better and be better. The reality is this, we aren’t perfect and the list mentioned above comes with the territory of mothering and so does, slobbery kisses, comforting a sick kiddo in the middle of the night, kissing boo-boos, and seeing the world afresh through our child’s first encounters.
This week, lets talk about the realities of normal as Jill talks about it during the intro. Here are some questions for you to answer.
What is “Normal?”
What are your expectations of motherhood? Are they too high?
Do you feel alone, like no other mom “gets” what you are going through and does this hinder potential friendships?
Check out this video clip (or see the clip below) from Jill’s resource site for No More Perfect Mom’s. Can you relate to what she said? Share your comments below and stay tuned for next week as we discuss chapter one.
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